Josh Dick
@joshdick.net
I turn coffee into software and music by way of inconveniencing electrons. ☕️🎹🖥️💜
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Josh Dick
@joshdick.net
· Nov 16
Today I finished a new instrumental electronic song I’ve been working on! For some reason it made me think of ethereal lights that appear only for a fleeting moment, so I named it Light Pillars. I hope you enjoy it: gridcurrent.bandcamp.com/track/light-...
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Currently experiencing a computer reading the best call center script in recent memory.
"You entered 1. Press 1 if this is correct."
"To be eligible, you must be monetarily and non-monetarily eligible."
"You entered 1. Press 1 if this is correct."
"To be eligible, you must be monetarily and non-monetarily eligible."
August 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Currently experiencing a computer reading the best call center script in recent memory.
"You entered 1. Press 1 if this is correct."
"To be eligible, you must be monetarily and non-monetarily eligible."
"You entered 1. Press 1 if this is correct."
"To be eligible, you must be monetarily and non-monetarily eligible."
I didn't realize that Rockbox had a new major release (4.0) back in April! The last major release was in November 2019: www.rockbox.org/wiki/ReleaseN...
I'm thankful that Rockbox still being actively developed! I still love using it on iPods and my charmingly tiny Sansa Clip Zip.
I'm thankful that Rockbox still being actively developed! I still love using it on iPods and my charmingly tiny Sansa Clip Zip.
August 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I didn't realize that Rockbox had a new major release (4.0) back in April! The last major release was in November 2019: www.rockbox.org/wiki/ReleaseN...
I'm thankful that Rockbox still being actively developed! I still love using it on iPods and my charmingly tiny Sansa Clip Zip.
I'm thankful that Rockbox still being actively developed! I still love using it on iPods and my charmingly tiny Sansa Clip Zip.
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For the past two weeks, I’ve been testing Sky, the new app by the original Shortcuts team.
It’s a mind-blowing app that brings AI + automation everywhere on your Mac. Coming later this year. It’ll change how we think of AI features on macOS.
My exclusive story: www.macstories.net/stories/sky-...
It’s a mind-blowing app that brings AI + automation everywhere on your Mac. Coming later this year. It’ll change how we think of AI features on macOS.
My exclusive story: www.macstories.net/stories/sky-...
From the Creators of Shortcuts, Sky Extends AI Integration and Automation to Your Entire Mac
Over the course of my career, I’ve had three distinct moments in which I saw a brand-new app and immediately felt it was going to change how I used my computer – and they were all about empowering peo...
www.macstories.net
May 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
For the past two weeks, I’ve been testing Sky, the new app by the original Shortcuts team.
It’s a mind-blowing app that brings AI + automation everywhere on your Mac. Coming later this year. It’ll change how we think of AI features on macOS.
My exclusive story: www.macstories.net/stories/sky-...
It’s a mind-blowing app that brings AI + automation everywhere on your Mac. Coming later this year. It’ll change how we think of AI features on macOS.
My exclusive story: www.macstories.net/stories/sky-...
How do you balance reconcile your creative desires/pursuits with your energy level?
As in, "I want to make music/art/whatever, but I'm too tired to focus on anything creative after work."
As in, "I want to make music/art/whatever, but I'm too tired to focus on anything creative after work."
January 12, 2025 at 1:28 AM
How do you balance reconcile your creative desires/pursuits with your energy level?
As in, "I want to make music/art/whatever, but I'm too tired to focus on anything creative after work."
As in, "I want to make music/art/whatever, but I'm too tired to focus on anything creative after work."
I hope the fact that I'm only fluent in American English won't be an impediment here.
January 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I hope the fact that I'm only fluent in American English won't be an impediment here.
TIL: Steward Copeland, best known as the dummer for The Police, composed the soundtrack for the first four "Spyro" games?!
January 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
TIL: Steward Copeland, best known as the dummer for The Police, composed the soundtrack for the first four "Spyro" games?!
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the hardest problem in computer science is where did I save the code I already wrote to solve this problem
December 25, 2024 at 10:57 AM
the hardest problem in computer science is where did I save the code I already wrote to solve this problem
In descending order of likelihood to be solved:
* World hunger
* World peace
* Cold fusion
* Successfully reordering tabs as intended on the first try in Safari on iPad
* Successfully reordering Control Center controls as intended on the first try in i[Pad]OS 18r
* World hunger
* World peace
* Cold fusion
* Successfully reordering tabs as intended on the first try in Safari on iPad
* Successfully reordering Control Center controls as intended on the first try in i[Pad]OS 18r
December 26, 2024 at 11:08 AM
In descending order of likelihood to be solved:
* World hunger
* World peace
* Cold fusion
* Successfully reordering tabs as intended on the first try in Safari on iPad
* Successfully reordering Control Center controls as intended on the first try in i[Pad]OS 18r
* World hunger
* World peace
* Cold fusion
* Successfully reordering tabs as intended on the first try in Safari on iPad
* Successfully reordering Control Center controls as intended on the first try in i[Pad]OS 18r
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Just updated to iOS 18.2 and now just plain simple scrolling is broken for me in Safari.
Fantastic update
Fantastic update
December 12, 2024 at 2:58 AM
Just updated to iOS 18.2 and now just plain simple scrolling is broken for me in Safari.
Fantastic update
Fantastic update
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When an email templating failure becomes a pet name.
November 25, 2024 at 5:05 PM
When an email templating failure becomes a pet name.
How today's task is going.
November 18, 2024 at 6:47 PM
How today's task is going.
November 17, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Today I finished a new instrumental electronic song I’ve been working on! For some reason it made me think of ethereal lights that appear only for a fleeting moment, so I named it Light Pillars. I hope you enjoy it: gridcurrent.bandcamp.com/track/light-...
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November 16, 2024 at 5:23 AM
Today I finished a new instrumental electronic song I’ve been working on! For some reason it made me think of ethereal lights that appear only for a fleeting moment, so I named it Light Pillars. I hope you enjoy it: gridcurrent.bandcamp.com/track/light-...
bsky.app/profile/dart...
bsky.app/profile/dart...
People pay actual money for this and have confidence in it as a security product?
November 5, 2024 at 8:50 PM
People pay actual money for this and have confidence in it as a security product?
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I feel like half of programming is remembering how weird stuff works and the other half is setting things up so that you do not have to remember the weird stuff
November 4, 2024 at 1:55 PM
I feel like half of programming is remembering how weird stuff works and the other half is setting things up so that you do not have to remember the weird stuff
AeroSpace is the first i3-like tiling window manager for macOS I've discovered that actually feels nice to use and performs decently: nikitabobko.github.io/AeroSpace
Only started using it yesterday, so not sure whether it will stick, but liking it so far!
Only started using it yesterday, so not sure whether it will stick, but liking it so far!
nikitabobko.github.io
October 30, 2024 at 4:10 PM
AeroSpace is the first i3-like tiling window manager for macOS I've discovered that actually feels nice to use and performs decently: nikitabobko.github.io/AeroSpace
Only started using it yesterday, so not sure whether it will stick, but liking it so far!
Only started using it yesterday, so not sure whether it will stick, but liking it so far!
Listening to the album "Bytes" by Black Dog Productions for the first time. Can definitely see why it's famous – sounds very ahead of its time for 1993! https://warprecords.bandcamp.com/album/bytes
October 23, 2023 at 8:09 PM
Listening to the album "Bytes" by Black Dog Productions for the first time. Can definitely see why it's famous – sounds very ahead of its time for 1993! https://warprecords.bandcamp.com/album/bytes
It seems like watchOS 10 removed the ability to pin arbitrary apps for quick access unless they have been updated specifically to work with the new “smart stack”, and the only recourse is “recently used”? Am I missing something?
September 19, 2023 at 12:57 AM
It seems like watchOS 10 removed the ability to pin arbitrary apps for quick access unless they have been updated specifically to work with the new “smart stack”, and the only recourse is “recently used”? Am I missing something?
My number one computing pet peeve is sessions and/or passwords that expire just slightly more frequently than the interval at which I try to use them. It's like catching a red light over and over again.
September 13, 2023 at 8:14 PM
My number one computing pet peeve is sessions and/or passwords that expire just slightly more frequently than the interval at which I try to use them. It's like catching a red light over and over again.
"Beatbox with historical speech": https://djphonetic.brianfoo.com/
September 5, 2023 at 11:49 PM
"Beatbox with historical speech": https://djphonetic.brianfoo.com/
TIL about zram in Linux: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zram Enabling it appears to have tamed aggressive swapping on my (8 GB RAM) Raspberry Pi even though I typically only utilize ~2 GB RAM.
September 4, 2023 at 4:59 AM
TIL about zram in Linux: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zram Enabling it appears to have tamed aggressive swapping on my (8 GB RAM) Raspberry Pi even though I typically only utilize ~2 GB RAM.